Lutheran canned 10 treys in the opening half and led 43-32 at intermission. Thomas Kopelman’s driving basket with 3:18 to play in the third matched Lutheran’s largest lead at 54-40.

Notre Dame (21-13) rallied behind Shea Feehan and Pete Hanley.

Hanley, a junior post, finished 10-for-13 from the field and scored a season-high 21.

Feehan, a senior guard, scored 24, and cut the Irish deficit to six on a driving basket with 1:26 to play.

“We were resilient,” Feehan said. “We kept fighting.”

Notre Dame went without a basket the rest of the way and Lutheran survived on 6-for-11 shooting on free throws.

“We knew they were capable of shooting like that, and for the most part I thought we were there (defensively),” ND coach Tom Lacher said. “When you’re there, and they make shots like they did tonight, there isn’t a whole lot you can do.”

ND led 6-4 after Hanley scored on a baby hook early in the opening quarter.

Kellen had two 3s in an 11-point run that put Lutheran up 20-8 later in the first.

The closest ND got after halftime was five, early in the fourth.

“We got down early, some things didn’t go our way but we kept battling,” Lacher said. “We never gave up and we gave ourselves a chance. We just couldn’t get over the hump.”

Notre Dame made 25 of 47 shots overall but finished 1-for-10 on 3s.

“They hit their shots and controlled the pace of the game,” ND senior Matt Kouri said. “We got down and they sped us up a little in the second half.”